Ērānšahr in Transition-West and Central Asia Between the Sasanians and Islam, 600-750 CE
May 10, 2019 · 399 Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building
Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies
This conference brings together the leading scholars of the fields of late antique, Sasanian, and early Islamic history in order to study the period of transition – defined broadly as 600-750 CE – in Central and West Asia, with a particular focus on the social, political, economic, and institutional history of the Sasanian Empire.
Free and open to the public. RSVP required by 5/8 to iran@princeton.edu
Co-sponsored by Comparative Antiquity, Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity, Center for Collaborative History, Humanities Council, and Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies
